COAST ARTILLERY BATTERY: S0015230 (Extant)
Twin 6pdr QF gun emplacement. A cable railway was laid to facilitate supply of the battery along with a jetty at the camp adjacent to the battery. Fragments of rail remain in-situ and some winding gear too. Some trucks are dumped on the shore below the battery.
There were two 12pdr guns mounted “nearby” on temporary mountings of which one survives.
Located on the Golta peninsular on the Island of Flotta, This WWI battery initially housed 3 3pdr’s. This was upped to 4 […]
Type 22 pillbox. Location identified from the book “If Hitler Comes” Interesting construction with block built corners and shuttered panels between.
2 x 12pdr Quick Fire in WWII and 2 x 4″ QF in WWI
Anti-Torpedo Close Protection Pontoons (ATCPP), were experimental devices used for close protection of naval vessels, at anchor in Scapa Flow, from attack […]
